The Abbasids oversaw an efflorescence of culture unlike anything that had been seen since Hellenistic times.

阿拔斯王朝见证了一场自希腊化时代以来从未见过的文化繁荣。

More important than the Persian-style monarchy that the Abbasids tried to set up was their openness to foreigners and their ideas.

比阿拔斯王朝试图建立的波斯式君主制更重要的是他们对外国人及其思想的开放态度。

And under the Abbasids, the Dar al Islam took on a distinctly Persian cast that it never really lost.

在阿拔斯王朝统治下，Dar al Islam 呈现出一种从未真正消失过的明显波斯风格。

Right, so the Abbasids were from the Abb(ah)si or the Abb(uh)-see family which hailed from the Eastern and therefore more Persian provinces of the Islamic Empire.

是的，所以阿拔斯王朝来自 Abb(ah)si 或 Abb(uh)-see 家族， 他们来自东方， 因此来自伊斯兰帝国的更多波斯省份。

But early Islamic dynasties, like the Umayyads and the Abbasids, were perfectly happy with Christians and Jews living among them, as long as they paid a tax.

但早期的伊斯兰王朝， 如倭马亚王朝和阿拔斯王朝，只要他们纳税， 就对生活在其中的基督徒和犹太人非常满意。

The Abbasids won, which ended up defining who had influence where with the -- with the Abbasids dominating to the west of the river and China dominating to the east.

阿拔斯王朝赢了，这最终决定了谁在什么地方有影响力——阿拔斯王朝统治着河流以西， 而中国统治着东方。

The Abbasids took over in 750 and no one could fully defeat them — until 1258, when they were conquered by — wait for it — the Mongols.

阿拔斯王朝于 750 年接管，没有人能完全击败他们——直到 1258 年，他们被——等等——蒙古人征服。

And they might’ve conquered all of Central Asia had it not been for the Abbasids, whom they fought at the most important Battle You’ve Never Heard Of, the Battle of the Talas River.

如果不是阿拔斯王朝，他们可能已经征服了整个中亚，他们在你从未听说过的最重要的战役——怛罗斯河战役中与阿拔斯王朝作战。

The Abbasids kept the idea of a hereditary monarchy, but they moved the capital of the empire to Baghdad, and they were much more welcoming of other non-Arab Muslims into positions of power.

阿拔斯王朝保留了世袭君主制的理念，但他们将帝国的首都迁至巴格达， 而且他们更欢迎其他非阿拉伯穆斯林担任权力职务。